Metal Field Cameras - Technika and Wista ??'s

[Scott Rosenberg]

thanks, bob.

w/o any special equipment, the Wista is then 300mm and the MT2000 is 360. if i read you correctly, that's precisly what i was after.

[Ed Richards]

Make sure that is not 360 telephoto. On the older Technikas, the 360 lens is a telephoto design. Given the extension of my bellows on my IV with a 250, I think a 360 would be a stretch.:-)

[Oren Grad]

B&H says the maximum front extension of the Technika is 400mm, rear extension (by pulling out the back on all four posts?) is another 35mm. 360 tele is just the longest lens that can be cammed for the RF and the longest focal length for the Multifocus Finder.

[Bob Salomon]

Oren,

B&H takes their specs from our literature and prints it mistakes and all.

Yes the longest cammable lens is a 360 tele or process lens type. A Sironar or Symmar type won't fit the camera. Some shorter Symmar and Sironar types make require a modified lens board.

The longest useable lens on the Technika is the 400mm Apo Tele Xenar.

Some longer lenses can be used by using the Wista Extension Tube lensboard set. All would have to be tele or process designs in order to fit.

[Oren Grad]

Bob - thanks for the clarification!